Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD)

It is hardly surprising to read the statements from the Turkish Presidential Palace regarding a different approach to the Kurdish issue after CIA Director Mike Pompeo's visit to Ankara. İlnur Çevik, a former journalist and currently advisor to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said Turkey may start looking at the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) from a different perspective.

Turkish security forces returned fire into Syrian territory controlled by the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) on Feb. 13 and killed one militant of the group, the Turkish Armed Forces stated on Feb. 14. 

At least 26 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants were killed, wounded or captured in northern Syria over the 24 hours up to the morning of Feb. 14, the Turkish military has stated.        

The CIA's new director, Mike Pompeo, will pay a visit to Turkey on Feb. 9 to discuss regional issues in his first overseas visit under the new U.S. administration.

CIA Director Mike Pompeo will pay a visit to Turkey on Feb. 9 in what will be his first visit abroad under the new U.S. administration, private broadcaster CNN Türk has reported.

The Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) and the Fethullahist Terror Organization (FETÖ) will reportedly mark the top of Pompeo's agenda during his discussions with Turkish officials.

Turkish forces have neutralized the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant's (ISIL) governor of al-Bab as part of its ongoing Euphrates Shield operation, while a total of 84 ISIL militants were also neutralized over the weekend.

In the eyes of his sympathizers, U.S. President Donald Trump is always great. Whatever he does, he never looks ugly to them. He may have unsettled the entire world, but Trump fans here in Turkey are still rejoicing. You can never hear them questioning the kind of disaster Trump's presidency is. 

There is no need to be pessimistic about relations between Turkey and the United States under President Donald Trump, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has said, citing positive indications coming from the new administration on three expectations from Washington. 

The Syrian army signaled on Feb. 2 that it would press on with operations against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) northeast of Aleppo, near al-Bab, where Turkish forces along with Ankara-backed Syrian rebels have been clashing with the jihadists since December 2016.

The United States has provided an alliance of Syrian Kurdish and Arab fighters battling the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) with armored vehicles for the first time, a U.S. official and a spokesman for the anti-jihadist force stated on Jan. 31.